CS314 - Unhealthy Numbers

[MilSpecs]

Or when the Big One finally hits us, or the Mississippi does one of its multi-state floods, or cat 5 hurricane, or a F5 tornado, or a major epidemic like the 1918 Spanish Flu comes around, or the Great Depression Two: This Time It Worse...

Look, l understand why people can be against government services, but there are times when the CDC, or FEMA is what's needed, because the Lions Club or your church will not be enough.

There are plenty of people alive who remember the polio epidemics and the resulting traveling nurses. Perfect example of government responding to a crisis as it should and as only it can.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Or when the Big One finally hits us, or the Mississippi does one of its multi-state floods, or cat 5 hurricane, or a F5 tornado, or a major epidemic like the 1918 Spanish Flu comes around, or the Great Depression Two: This Time It Worse...

Look, l understand why people can be against government services, but there are times when the CDC, or FEMA is what's needed, because the Lions Club or your church will not be enough.

There are plenty of people alive who remember the polio epidemics and the resulting traveling nurses. Perfect example of government responding to a crisis as it should and as only it can.

Do they remember that Jonas Salk donated the vaccine to the world for free?

Better hope that happens again.

[MilSpecs]

Or when the Big One finally hits us, or the Mississippi does one of its multi-state floods, or cat 5 hurricane, or a F5 tornado, or a major epidemic like the 1918 Spanish Flu comes around, or the Great Depression Two: This Time It Worse...

Look, l understand why people can be against government services, but there are times when the CDC, or FEMA is what's needed, because the Lions Club or your church will not be enough.

There are plenty of people alive who remember the polio epidemics and the resulting traveling nurses. Perfect example of government responding to a crisis as it should and as only it can.

Do they remember that Jonas Salk donated the vaccine to the world for free?

Better hope that happens again.

One of the greatest human beings who ever lived IMO. That said, we're not powerless in the face of catastrophe. What do you think will happen to the pharma CEO who gouges on a vaccine for a pandemic? And if we don't act in the fact of that kind of threat, another country will. If China can pirate software, it can produce or copy a vaccine.

[SuburbanFarmer]

There are plenty of people alive who remember the polio epidemics and the resulting traveling nurses. Perfect example of government responding to a crisis as it should and as only it can.

Do they remember that Jonas Salk donated the vaccine to the world for free?

Better hope that happens again.

One of the greatest human beings who ever lived IMO. That said, we're not powerless in the face of catastrophe. What do you think will happen to the pharma CEO who gouges on a vaccine for a pandemic? And if we don't act in the fact of that kind of threat, another country will. If China can pirate software, it can produce or copy a vaccine.

You mean like they're doing for malaria, Ebola, and AIDS?

[TheReal_ND]

My son suddenly dies from not being insured unless I finagle my way into another job! It's fucking rough dude.

I intended it as a honest question, not as some counterpunch.

Anyway, I just think that paying so much more for a system that in the end is worse than others basically sucks. Irrelevant of the underlying ideologies.

You can see the problem right here in this thread: I think every single poster except one agrees that healthcare must be socialized but that one refuses to budge in the slightest, either out of ideology, selfishness or stubbornness. It's irrational & illogical, and makes no sense, yet here we are?!

I never said I was. If you really want to socialize it then I want complete immigration reform. Well I always do, but now I'm saying you're going to need it.

[Speaker to Animals]

Without drastic immigration reform, all this stuff will simply amount to middle class whites being forced to subsidize their demographic replacement and dispossession of their nation.

It's already like that in states like California, where whites labor under a burdensome state tax in order to fund many social programs offered to immigrants who should never be here in the first place.

Change the laws so that people can only immigrate here if they can sustain themselves here. If they need welfare and social services, them they should go back.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Without drastic immigration reform, all this stuff will simply amount to middle class whites being forced to subsidize their demographic replacement and dispossession of their nation.

It's already like that in states like California, where whites labor under a burdensome state tax in order to fund many social programs offered to immigrants who should never be here in the first place.

I think you missed your calling as a militia leader.

Change the laws so that people can only immigrate here if they can sustain themselves here. If they need welfare and social services, them they should go back.

Give us your not-very-tired, keep your poor, and we might let them be free if we like them.

[MilSpecs]

Do they remember that Jonas Salk donated the vaccine to the world for free?

Better hope that happens again.

One of the greatest human beings who ever lived IMO. That said, we're not powerless in the face of catastrophe. What do you think will happen to the pharma CEO who gouges on a vaccine for a pandemic? And if we don't act in the fact of that kind of threat, another country will. If China can pirate software, it can produce or copy a vaccine.

You mean like they're doing for malaria, Ebola, and AIDS?

Are any of those epidemic in China?

[Speaker to Animals]

If you want to cure diseases, then you need to support large government research labs. Curing diseases is not profitable. Capitalism is a no go. Will not solve.

[MilSpecs]

Without drastic immigration reform, all this stuff will simply amount to middle class whites being forced to subsidize their demographic replacement and dispossession of their nation.

It's already like that in states like California, where whites labor under a burdensome state tax in order to fund many social programs offered to immigrants who should never be here in the first place.

Change the laws so that people can only immigrate here if they can sustain themselves here. If they need welfare and social services, them they should go back.

And that's how you celebrate St. Joseph's Day.